Garry Sobers has always been one to call it as he sees it. "If there was a ball to hit, you hit it." Perhaps surprisingly, the greatest allrounder of all time, and one of the most thrilling attacking batsman of his age, is not overly fond of T20 cricket - particularly the kind of impact it can have on young players.

What effect has the Caribbean Premier League had on West Indies cricket?
It has helped in certain areas. It has given a lot of people an opportunity to play at that level against or with some of the top players in the world. It is a good innovation for West Indies cricket because not only does it bring new players in but it also goes into various islands so that people in those places can see cricket. And it is bringing people back through the turnstiles who one day might start coming in for Test cricket too.

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How do you redress the balance of the situation in favour of the bowler?
Well, that is the rules. They set the rules. But it is a different game completely to what it used to be. It is a modern game, because when you tell a bowler that he can only bowl two bouncers an over and he can only bowl with two men behind square, and yet the batsman can do all these different things with his helmet, arm guards, pads… You limit me [bowler] but you don't limit the batsman. So it is a one-sided game - that is my view. That is my belief.

In reply to Runs

What I find interesting and true that I did not give much thought to before is that when the batsman switches he has changed the field you (fielding team) had set. You could also make the argument that if a bowler were ambidextrous, he could start as a right arm bowler, Ump calls Right arm over; then he swithces to left arm on the same side and so is now left arm around and the ump does not even know he is switching. Would that be OK ? I'm sure batsmen would call foul.

Or a fielder is placed at deep backward square for a fast bowler who intends to bounce out the batsman. The batsman checks the field and knows if he hooks he has to go fine because the fielder is at backward square. But he fielder quickly moves over to fine leg as the bowler is running in, and of course the batsman cannot see him moving because he is not in the batsman's view. The batsman hooks and is caught at fine leg. Is this OK ? Well it is not, and umps usually stop the bowler as soon as they see the fielder moving.